Labeling photographers as potential terrorists has been rampant since
the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but in 2010, after forcing a man to the
ground for video recording a federal courthouse in New York City, the
Department of Homeland Security agreed to a settlement, acknowledging that photographing federal buildings is not a crime.

But that still didn’t stop the feds for spreading the message that photographers should be deemed suspicious, including funding municipalities to produce propaganda videos.

Two months ago, it began encouraging citizens to photograph other citizens who take suspicious photographs in order to report them to Homeland Security.